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No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they read more
No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they alike in trembling hope repose),
The bosom of his Father and his God.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have read more
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
